While an injury slowed her progress, Butler High graduate Megan Schnur still expects to be invited to next month's U.S. women's soccer team camp in Los Angeles.

This is the last in a series of articles profiling the 2013 inductees into the Butler Area School District Athletic Hall of FameBUTLER TWP— Timing makes no difference to Meghan Schnur — except when it comes to her youth soccer days.The former Butler High School and University of Connecticut soccer standout — who went on to play for the U.S. women’s national team — will be inducted into the Butler Area School District Athletic Hall of Fame this week.Schnur, inducted into the WPIAL Hall of Fame earlier this year, will join five other inductees for a reception at 5 p.m. Friday in the high school cafeteria. The honorees will also be recognized on the field prior to Friday’s North Hills-Butler football game.Schnur is part of Butler’s fourth Hall of Fame class.“Whether it’s the fourth year or the 20th year, it doesn’t matter,” Schnur said. “The honor is tremendous and would feel the same.“Getting a chance to come home and catch up with family, friends, former teammates will be fun. I’ll always have a special bond with the girls I played soccer with in Butler.”Now a physical therapist in New Jersey, Schnur — though not yet 30 herself — is one of two women playing in a men’s over-30 league. She also helps out coaching a local club team.“The trend in New Jersey right now is kids playing for their select travel teams and not playing for their high school teams,” Schnur said. “I could not imagine not playing for Butler.“Representing your school and playing with your neighborhood friends is time that should be cherished.”Schnur rattled off numerous names of former Butler teammates she played soccer with for years.“Ashton Graham, Jenny Kienzle, Annie Lowry, Maggi Quinlan, Shannon Hilderbrand, Nicole Reges, Abby Schmidt, there were so many,” she said. “We played on the same travel teams together, year after year, coached by my dad (Jeff Schnur) and Mr. (Bob) Lowry.“One of my most vivid memories is of Mr. Kienzle dressed in a Hershey Kiss outfit after we beat Mt. Lebanon on penalty kicks to make it to Hershey.”Schnur scored 55 goals in high school and another 28 at UConn. She played in a PIAA championship game, the NCAA championship game, and won a professional women’s soccer league title with Sky Blue in New Jersey.She’s been named Big East Midfielder of the Year and played on the U-23 U.S. women’s soccer team that earned the gold medal at the Nordic Cup.Schnur’s soccer travels have taken her all over the world, including Central America, Asia, Europe and North America.“Soccer has played such a major role in my life for 20 years,” she said. “Playing for the national team was a big accomplishment, but it’s hard for me to rank any of the achievements in any kind of order.Each one served as a stepping stone to the next. It goes all the way back to my playing in the Butler County Soccer Association and the training and coaching I received there. That led to high school, then college, etc.“In high school, standing side-by-side with my friends and teammates, competing for championships was a thrill I’ll never forget. Like I said, we’re forever bonded that way,” she added.Schnur does not plan to say goodbye to soccer anytime soon.“Eventually, my joints will tell me I can’t play anymore,” she said. “But I’m sure I’ll be coaching for a long time. Youths, high school, I’m not sure what level I’ll want to coach down the road just yet.“But I’ll be doing it. I love the sport too much to walk away from it.”